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Dear Bernard,
I have a friend I met online and she wants to come to live to the Europe - Czech republic. She has been living in Ghana for  the last three years, before she lived in USA, so she has an American passport too. I supported her with the money and now bought a flight ticket to Europe. The problem is that she was asked from the immigration officers to have around 2000 EURO as a backup or as a traveler cheque. It is a big amount and she has the flight stop in Dubai to board on another flight and after her arriving to the airport I will pick her up and care about her. I have a promise of the work  for her when she will arrive but no such amount of money as the officers asked. Is it real to ask such a big amount of money for travelling and do not allow to board on the plane without it? Thank you in advance for your answer.
Milan

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Hi Milan,

There is absolutely no requirement whatsoever for someone traveling out of Ghana to have any specific amount of money on them. I have taken the flight from Accra to Dubai then on to Europe many times before and have never ever been asked how much money I have on me. If your friend is traveling on a US passport, then absolutely definitely positively she would never ever be asked how much money she has on her. I have traveled with just $200 on me when I was returning to Canada so my guess is she's taking you for a ride !

Good luck.

Bernard

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I can answer most questions about Ghana in terms of doing business, setting up a business, investment requirements, local cost of living, and pretty much most information that you would not normally find on official government websites. I also do some consulting for the Ghana Immigration Service so can answer most immigration related questions.

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